Akshay Kumar has shared a new video online that takes his fans behind-the-scenes of his character Tapan Das, from the upcoming film, Gold. He introduces Das, the fictional manager who leads the Indian hockey team to its first Olympic gold medal at the 1936 games, despite being under British rule.Akshay described Das as his \u2018quirkiest character ever\u2019 in a tweet with the video. The two-minute clip documents everything from the team coming up with Das\u2019 look to his accent. \u201cWe had him wear a dhoti, gave him a moustache and a new hairdo,\u201d says Akshay in the video.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe person that inspired his character,\u201d says director Reema Kagti, \u201cis very controversial, skimming funds, alcoholic, unpopular, argumentative, but at the same time, knows the game really well.\u201d<\/p>\n
We see glimpses of Akshay on set, interacting with the other actors and having a great time shooting the film, but \u201cTapan is not a goofy, humorous character, \u201c says Akshay, \u201cit\u2019s his quirks that makes the scenes funny.\u201d<\/p>\n
Producer Ritesh Sidhwani clarified that Gold \u201cis not a biopic. It is a completely fictional story but it is set against a real backdrop between 1933-48 India about what the country was, the sports… about hockey. It is not based on any character.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gold also stars Mouni Roy, Kunal Kapoor, Amit Sadh and Vineet Kumar Singh. The film will be released on August 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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